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Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys

A simple technique for looking for memory leaks is applied to the problem of determining memory persistence, with the novel assistance of a sharp thermal gradient. Not as photogenic as the liquid oxygen meets oxidants experiments (how to put a backyard barbie into low neighborhood orbit), but there are some pictures.

Enjoy. Something to keep in mind when entering or exiting a "cryptographically challenged jurisdiction" with a laptop at the approach of a White Shirt armed with ... only a can of compressed air.

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